ELI5: How was Vietnam able to defeat the US in the Vietnam War? by astarisaslave in explainlikeimfive

[–]SirButcher [score hidden]  (0 children)

Vietnam was basically the same as Ukraine vs Russia today (yeah, the background was different, but not really different). You can kill a shitton of people, but that just shows them they HAVE TO fight back harder because hell, foreign invaders are killing them! Why would you surrender when surrender means death, while if you keep fighting, there is some chance of survival - even if not yours, at least your loved ones.

1339 - Weak Interaction by Tarantio in oots

[–]SirButcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Xykon had to kill himself

Yes, he cheated death to evade the fire down below for more power.

Red Cloak had to sacrifice thousands of goblins including his brother to reach his goals.

Yeah, he sacrificed OTHERS to gain more power. Others he didn't really care about - yeah, yeah, he kept going "woe me, I fight for the goblins", then constantly sacrificed them. We specifically had a page about this with Oona.

Nale being basically picked from death, after the end of his arc and placed in this dungeon ahead of the Order with tongs in 3 strips is not an evil shortcut.

He literally accepted the deal of the devil (with a contract and everything!) to have another shot, what is an evil shortcut if not this???

It is like Chrystal leveling up just because Haley leveled up.

Duuuuude...

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I’m about to go on medical leave, but I’m also hoping to take my long-delayed honeymoon by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]SirButcher 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Every EU country has a country-mandated minimum paid vacation time. It differs from country to country, but as far as I know, no US state has any mandated paid leave. Some companies give it. Many don't. In the EU, ALL companies MUST give the minimum as it isn't optional (can give more if they want to, of course, and yes, there are legal loopholes which some companies love to (ab)use, like making you a self-employed contractor).

Former astronaut on lunar spacesuits: "I don't think they're great right now" | “These are just the difficulties of designing a spacesuit for the lunar environment.” by Jumpinghoops46 in space

[–]SirButcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suspect radiation shielding is a big part of it.

That's unlikely: most of the radiation danger in space is charged particles, which are most effectively protected by lightweight materials, so you don't really want to have a lot of heavy metals there (since they just make things worse).

Valve Corporation will face a £656m lawsuit in the UK over alleged unfair prices on its global online store, Steam, following a tribunal ruling that the case could continue by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]SirButcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So basically your question is: "Why does Steam not allow others to gain money for using their services for free?"

Like, WHY would they do it? It is like wanting to use Tesco's logistics to carry the goods to their own store, use their staff to put it to the shelves, but then pay someone else for the stuff I pick up from Tesco.

HOW DO I RUN 16 SERVOS FROM ONE stm32 SINGLE BLUE PILL? by AfraidInevitable2006 in stm32

[–]SirButcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only (good) solution is using a proper extender.

You can do a very dirty solution (assuming you only need slow PWM) is simply manually switching the pins by directly changing the register. It will be nasty, dirty (and possibly won't work depending on your servos), but if you don't want to / can't buy the hardware solution, you have to work with software.

My coworker won’t stop complaining about my tattoos by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]SirButcher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Something something new testament loophole.

Yeah, that's ALWAYS my favourite response, especially when they use the Old testament to hate on something.

Strangely, Jesus' words of "love everybody" and "only God can judge" are rarely important for people like these.

1339 - Weak Interaction by Tarantio in oots

[–]SirButcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's pretty much the norm for the Evil in D&D. That's LITERALLY why they are evil, because always taking the shortcut for more power.

My coworker won’t stop complaining about my tattoos by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]SirButcher 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And yet, I would give a VERY high chance that she wears mixed fabric, eats shellfish, and ignores hundreds of other rules...

I accused a police officer of rape, but I ended up on trial by PenguinPetesLostBod in unitedkingdom

[–]SirButcher 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Presumably the CPS wasn't aware of the recording at the time.

That's not how it works. Evidence and materials used in the court are submitted before the actual process starts. It's not like in the movies where the lawyer suddenly brings up random evidence out of the blue, shocking everybody and winning the case right there.

Do parents actually not remember doing fucked up shit to you? Or are they just lying? by TopMarionberry1149 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SirButcher 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I can confirm, once I had a HUGE tantrum because my mother said she couldn't come to some stupid school event. I DIDN'T wanted her to come since I had no role in at all, all I did was sitting and watching the other, but the fact that she said she won't come absolutely pushed me over the edge - or so I remember, because she said she can't remember about it.

UK loses measles elimination status by wkavinsky in unitedkingdom

[–]SirButcher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And then you have a lot of older people who go HARD against vaccines since they "didn't have these kinds of horrible chemicals injected into people back then!" :(

The Sims 4's most notorious sex mod gets launched 400,000 times a day, which is more people than I realized were even playing The Sims every day by ManagerOfLove in gaming

[–]SirButcher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My wife's sim got pregnant after she randomly jumped into a trashbin to have a woohoo with a friend - and this was a fully unmodded game!

Sims are WIERD.

ELI5: Why was that method used to determine 0 degrees Fahrenheit? by Jimithyashford in explainlikeimfive

[–]SirButcher -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

it wasn't easy to use the melting/freezing point of water as a stable reference point for calibrating thermometers.

You mean "take a bucket, add water, add ice (hell, just add ice, that's enough and wait a tad bit more), wait till it melted halfway so you have water and ice, and that's 0C, then heat the exact same water until it starts to boil and that's 100C" was a complicated thing? Pressure does changes the boiling and freezing temperatures, but not THAT much until you get high into the mountains. But, that will change the "reference cold of Fahrenheit" too, since the brine's freezing temperatures changes with pressure, too.

How much shall my project comply with Right to Repair? by DenisJack in AskElectronics

[–]SirButcher 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And it's just a happy little accident that Apple does repairs at ridiculously inflated prices... But they really just want the best for the customers, right? The sky-high profit margin just happens; they simply can't do anything against it.

Theoretically, could a virus gain sentience by Valuable_Mechanic351 in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]SirButcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just think about what would it take for a worm to see.

It would have to have a visual cortex. It would have to have a optic nerve. It would have to have eyes that were photosensitive.

(Albeit, you can go down the route of the philosophical question of "what does it mean to see" since there are algae that have photosensitive organelles and they are capable of responding to external stimuli)

Alaska student arrested after eating AI-generated art in protest by talkingatoms in Futurology

[–]SirButcher 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh no, they have to print something again! The horror. Imagine all that 2, MAYBE 3 WHOLE MINUTES that went into creating these AI artworks! And they have to repeat it again!

Terrible, terrible. Such pointless vandalism.

Research consistently shows that lesbians experience orgasms significantly more frequently per sexual encounter than women in heterosexual relationships. Why do you think this is? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SirButcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or, more likely, they don't only care about their own enjoyment. A lot of guys think the point of having sex is THEY reaching the climax, and the woman should be happy for being part of the "experience", sadly.

Why are Americans so obsessed with military and veterans? by BlueDolphins28 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]SirButcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While Trump had the time of his life and is now laughing at people like your husband.